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Category: Honors & Awards

Arun Krishnaraj, MD, Profiled as a “Changemaker”

5/4/2022

Featured in a special national issue of American College of Radiology's "Changemakers," Arun Krishnaraj discusses leveraging AI and other innovations to improve the patient experience while carving out a vital…

William Petri, MD, Honored at MS Society Dinner of Champions

4/27/2022

The National Multiple Sclerosis Society recently honored Petri at their Dinner of Champions, a fundraising event for MS research. Read about how Dr. Petri became a champion during the pandemic…

Marianne Baernholdt, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, Returns to UVA as Dean

4/27/2022

Marianne Baernholdt, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, was named as 7th dean of the UVA School of Nursing on April 20, 2022. Dr. Baernholdt is an experienced educator who has devoted…

Bart Ragon, EdD, MLIS, Appointed Director of the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library

4/27/2022

Following a national search, Interim Director Bart Ragon was appointed as the Health Sciences Library’s new director on April 14, 2022. Read the announcement.

Zhiwen Xu Selected as 2022 Barry Goldwater Scholar

4/20/2022

Congratulations to Zhiwen Xu in Mete Civelek’s Lab in the Center for Public Health Genomics. Zhiwen was selected as a 2022 Barry Goldwater Scholar. The scholarship program, which honors Senator…

NSF Awards Graduate Research Fellowship to Sam Crowl

4/20/2022

Congratulations to Sam Crowl in Kristen Naegle’s Lab in the Center for Public Health Genomics. Sam was named to the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). The…

UVA Named Top 10 Center of Biomedical Research by the Hartwell Foundation for the 16th Year in a Row!

4/20/2022

The Hartwell Foundation consistently has named the University of Virginia a “Top Ten Center of Biomedical Research” since 2007. Each Top Ten Center is invited to nominate up to three…

Thisses Receive Prestigious Award

4/13/2022

Christine Thisse, PhD and her late husband, Bernard Thisse, PhD, received an award for their pioneering work using zebrafish. The Thisses are professors emeritus in the Departments of Cell Biology…